The 16,000-word typed letter, which carries an estimate of $400,000 to $600,000, had been considered lost before it surfaced in the discarded files of Golden Goose Press, a now-defunct small San Francisco publisher, and listed for sale by a Southern California auction house in 2014. That auction was suspended after the Kerouac estate and Cassady’s children said they were the owners. Jami Cassady, a spokeswoman for the family, told The San Francisco Chronicle this week that the three parties had reached “an amicable settlement.” She also said the family, which owns the copyright on the letter, intended to publish it at some point.

Seattle librarian and author of the best-seller "Book Lust" shares recent picks.
The Millions. Reading Matters. Late last night London time the longlist for Australia's top literary prize, the 2014 Miles Franklin Literary Award, was announced.

It's quite a strong list, although I'm shocked that it doesn't include Christos Tsiolkas' Barracuda and Alex Miller's Coal Creek, but I do like the fact it features some new authors that I've not heard of before. Still, I think when push comes to shove, it's going to be a big battle between two old favourites: Tim Winton and Richard Flanagan. Only time will tell. In the meantime, I've taken a leaf out of Trevor's book (who did something similar for the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize) and listed all the longlisted titles here with a cover image, brief synopis and a round-up of reviews by bloggers.

They originated less than ten years ago, based on the venerable institution of the movie trailer, but have only really taken off since the development of video sharing sites such as Youtube.
Books News, Videos, Reviews and Gossip - io9. Book Reviews. Booktopia - A Book Bloggers' Paradise - The No. 1 Book Blog for Australia. To celebrate January, Booktopia’s Month of Australian Stories, we asked you just who is Australia’s Favourite Novelist.

The response was overwhelming, and after tens of thousands of votes were cast, these are the results. Australia’s 50 Favourite Australian Novelists for 2013. If you aren’t familiar with any of them, there’s no better time than now to get familiar and celebrate Australian Literature this year with Booktopia, Australia’s Local Bookstore. 50. Peter Temple Peter Temple is the author of nine novels, including four books in the Jack Irish series. Our Pick The Broken Shore won the UK’s prestigious Duncan Lawrie Dagger for the best crime novel of 2007 and Truth won the 2010 Miles Franklin Literary Award, the first time a crime writer has won an award of this calibre anywhere in the world.

"The children’s and Y.A. category grew by more than 196 percent in August," according to an Association of American Publishers report, outpacing adult literature sales by leaps and bounds. But even prior to that news there were signs this was shaping up to be an unprecedented year of Y.A., what with growing numbers of adults reading the books (helped along by the popularity of The Hunger Games, of course) and growing numbers of people writing about that trend (including here, in this column). NPR Books' summer poll of the year focused on Y.A., identifying 100 of the greatest teen novels ever. 1. Best Prose. Honorable Mention to Fever, by Lauren Destefano (Simon & Schuster). 3. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17.

If you think this historical era is not your cup of tea, also try this novel. We meet a young lady who is not stucked up....
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Mostly Fiction Book Reviews. Books. FableCroft » Spec Fic for School Libraries. Spec Fic for School Libraries I often come across librarians looking for recommendations of speculative fiction for school libraries that goes beyond the usual YA boundaries (and transcends the current paranormal tropes!).

On this page, I’ll identify books I would personally recommend for school libraries (whether intentionally YA or otherwise suitable for adolescents). If I think the book/series is excellent but may have content that some schools might have concerns with, I will note that.
Ban. YA Dystopian Books. What’s on my bookshelf ?

Most books generally turned out to not be too bad, but occasionally I’d come across something that would leave me with a sick feeling in my stomach for weeks. I’ve largely outgrown this “genre” of late, but here are my picks for the ten most disturbing books of all time. Any one of these books is capable of leaving you feeling a little depressed at the least, and permanently scarred at the worst. I’d say enjoy, but that doesn’t really seem appropriate … 10.
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Please visit Graphic Novels in the Classroom, my Scoop.it site where I'm now curating articles that focus on working with graphic novels in the the classroom. For a detailed list of my publications and presentations, please visit my Professional Profile. (Just a couple of articles and papers are offered here) I'm happy to come and speak with teachers about graphic novels and their use in the classroom. My fee... a cup of tea! Developing a graphic novel collection An article examining the issues surrounding the development of a graphic novel collection in the school library.
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Book Reviews The Bard of Suburbia Robert Wilson John Updike’s obsession with ordinary life made him the writer by whom we came to know ourselves Updike· By Adam Begley 19th Nervous Breakdown Gary Greenberg. ABR FEBRUARY 2012, NO. 338. The University Bookman. Review 21 April 2014 The Founders’ FounderW. Bradford Littlejohn Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity. A Critical Edition with Modern Spelling by Richard Hooker, edited by Arthur Stephen McGrade. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. On Essays and Letters 21 April 2014 On IncomprehensiblesJames V. Father Schall reflects on Pascal’s Pensées and the point of his inescapable incomprehensibles. Review 13 April 2014 Religious Liberty and the Tragic Approach to Legal TheoryElizabeth Corey The Tragedy of Religious Freedom by Marc O.